Tuesday October 31st
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| Now playing at Vietnam Affairs....John Kerry and how to prove you are a real veteran... |
posted Tuesday October 31st, @07:54PM
Sunday October 29th
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I have built a new blogg...it is called my Vietnam Affairs
the link is here....
»vietaffairsvets.blogspot.com/
I am inviting all vets, and anyone interested in joining and posting your own experiences in the services to either IM Me or email me at theghostpainter@charter.net |
posted Sunday October 29th, @03:18PM
Tuesday September 26th
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A friend of mine just got benefits for Agent Orange...He actually didn't want it but his own doctors referred him, so he got 40%....they immediately sent more documentation so he can get at least 80%.
He was a Medic with the 4ID and got sprayed...twice...But he never complained....he just developed problems that got worse and worse, so his doctors said enough.
How many people have you heard of that that didn't want the benefits due them...not many i wager... |
posted Tuesday September 26th, @12:23AM
Wednesday August 23rd
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Damn its been a along time...well thats what happens when you are busy on your own site, editor and contributor to two other websites and post here to the red room, the weather form and the Sol Cal forum.
In this months Vietnam magazine, it appears that one reason the army navy and marine corps changed the rules about people coming home after receiving three purple hearts that was because of the widespread abuse.
Point in Case. John Kerry came home after receiving three purple hearts in three weeks....Seems that pissed off some army brass and the word was out....No more rotation home after receiving 3 purple hearts on frivolous wounds.
One more thing the illustrious Democratic phony has managed to screw up...And the Liberal left wants this man as president.
I need a drink, if I could. |
posted Wednesday August 23rd, @03:03PM
Monday April 17th
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It seems that the VC were a rather an industrious lot, of course many of us kind of figured that out when they kept disappearing after a fire fight. They went underground.
They have found entire communities underground or hidden in the jungles. These communities had hundreds of rooms, hospitals, rec rooms, reading rooms and one large complex even boasted an officers swimming pool, all underground.
Betcha Jane Fonda never saw those....
And all of the communities were supplied by thousands of solders moving supplies, jeeps, weapons, even 24 Russian tanks were moved down the Ho Chi Min Trail, by bike.
No surprise, the Japanese moved thousands of men and supplies by bike during WWII...Seems the VC learned well from the Japanese, but took nothing from the French except beating them at every turn...Did you know that the French invaded Vietnam in the 1870's...And lost, but stayed because France disowned them for losing to the lowly VC.... |
posted Monday April 17th, @03:45PM
Sunday March 26th
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Its been a while hasn't since I last posted some thing from My Vietnam experiences hasn't it....Well, been kinda sick and by the time I get done checking my website and posting at the weather forum i am toast for a couple of hours, then I come back on and try again, spending most of my time at my web site.
But just wait, as soon as I see something interesting in Vietnam Magazine I will be posting again...by the way where is my next edition? |
posted Sunday March 26th, @06:43PM
Friday February 17th
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Just got the latest issue of Vietnam Magazine and the main article this month is about Hanoi Jane, or Jane Fonda. Even though Jane has apologized twice now for her actions in North Vietnam most vets dont buy it, especially since she has joined forces with Cindy Sheehan on a bus tour denouncing the war and we veterans once more.
It is ironic that Jane has made millions upon sales of video tapes, movies and her name yet she turns her back on those who have given there lives and duty to protect her so she could have the opportunity to do so.
Personally, I dont want an apology from Jane or Cindy. I would prefer they shut up. they cause more grief and damage every time they open their mouths to utter there despicable tirades.
I wonder if even of these women are aware of what there lives would be like living under Saddam or in any Islamic country. Actually I dont think either one of them would be alive to worry about it. So shut up ladies, before you bury the freedoms you so solicitously adore. |
posted Friday February 17th, @03:01PM
Monday February 13th
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My its been a while, still here...
Watched some old film over the weekend...Actually we had the old super eight transferred to VHS, all good Vietnam stuff. One of these days we will put it on disk and then I will share with the world the great Storm Ann and Hong Kong of the 70's and the Pol' |
posted Monday February 13th, @12:52PM
Thursday January 5th
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How to piss off an Admiral
In October 72 we were behind the USS Chicago an 8 inch gunned Cruiser with missiles several 5"50 flash less gun mounts and some some old obsolete 3 inch pea shooters like we had.
Anyway we were about 1/2 mile behind her as we were moving up the Vietnamese coastline off of Quan Tre' The lookouts reported that they could see a puff of smoke billow up from the Chicago and some flames. It appeared that the VC had launched a Sam missile at the ship which scored a hit on one of the old 3 inch mounts.
But that didn't matter...The VC had the audacity to attack the Admirals ship...He ordered and fired a full 9 gun 8 inch response to take out the missile emplacement. A few seconds later we saw a small puff on the beach and then a roar as about 20 missiles and small arms ammunition went up in a mini mushroom cloud. We could hear every one on the Chicago cheering so we joined in. |
posted Thursday January 5th, @11:42PM
Sunday December 25th
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December 25, 1971, while on Yankee station rearming Tin Cans, cruisers and a couple of carriers.
The Captain called down and said we had a can due along side that had been shooting for over 11 hours and needed a quick meal...So I had the mess cooks come up join the other cooks and we made over 400 hundred sandwiches for them...We also sent over 10 gallons of ice cream and all of their Christmas mail...Sure made their day. |
posted Sunday December 25th, @08:45PM
Sunday December 18th
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Its been awhile since my last post hasn't it, well that is the way of the world as some say...
But I promise my self ,now that my website is running as I want it and it is on automatic,the posts will be more frequent. |
posted Sunday December 18th, @08:05PM
Tuesday November 8th
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| THE USS MT KATMAI AE 16, LOADED FOR BEAR |
posted Tuesday November 8th, @12:17PM
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posted Tuesday November 8th, @12:07PM
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DADDY WHAT IS A BUTTERFLY KNIFE
Lets put it this way, what you don't know wont hurt you, if you know what a butterfly knife is, you have seen it up close and personal... :D:) |
posted Tuesday November 8th, @10:51AM
Monday November 7th
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BENNIE BOYS
How can you tell a Bennie boy from a woman?
Better Yet, How can you tell a woman from a Bennie boy? |
posted Monday November 7th, @12:13AM
Sunday November 6th
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DAMN, I NEVER GET TO SHOOT
Sorry its to expensive...
My weapon after I became a cook was a Heracles's hand held missile firing platform...All you had to, was put the missile in, take off the cover, point it and the heat sensors would go after the heat source of whatever you were shooting at hopefully a jet or something of that nature, the fore runner of today's stingers.
Anyway, I never got to shoot it...Each missile cost about $300,000 and they didn't want to waste them....Personally, now that I have had years to reflect, I think they were actually concerned that if we aimed wrong, the damn thing would come back at us and blow us up. |
posted Sunday November 6th, @08:37PM
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WHAT $20 BUCKS GETS YOU IN THE PI
$20.00 in 1970 got you enough food for a month, contributed to the rent that six of us spent on a 2 story house with 6 girls, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, cousins and assorted kids, dogs, cats, ponies and out side plumbing. |
posted Sunday November 6th, @02:19PM
Saturday November 5th
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WHAT KIND OF MEAT IS THAT?
Every where you go in the PI, Vietnam, Da Nang, Saigon, you see these little BBQ's set up on almost every street you cross...Along with Balutes which are eggs they bury in the ground for several dozen years, they serve a variety of meats, none of which is beef.
Oh every once in a while you would run into a guy who had some water buffalo on the grill (usually acquired after being hit by a missile or something) but for the most part you hardly ever knew what it was they was cooking.
Meats might vary from dog, cats, rats, monkey meat, squid, octopus, and brains...I don't even want to go where the brains might have come from.
For the most part it was all pretty good, the monkey meat looked like and tasted a lot like chicken and the chicken tasted a lot like monkey. But the Brains, which i never touched, well they always said they was monkey...But here's the problem...Monkey brains look a lot like human brains, I mean with the lobs and folds...So you see the problem...Even If I did like brains, which i don't and never have, eating these brains might just be a kin to cannibalism if you get my drift...And who ever said that monkeys were not our cousins, well just look at there brains if you get a chance. |
posted Saturday November 5th, @01:42AM
Thursday November 3rd
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THE JUNGLE
What is the Jungle, not what you think...You turn the corner in the 'Pole' and go to the north side of town and you find the Jungle...All the women wear Afros and the men dress as pimps...And If you think Im joshing, just walk in unannounced or alone with out friend and you would be thinkin....Damn, South Central, Watts, here...Just a little bit of heaven if you were black and some of the best damn BBQ around...I went there just for the food...And the women too...;)
Always invited of course, expecially my first class boss...My the man knew his food...;):D |
posted Thursday November 3rd, @03:39PM
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THE WEST END CLUB
Why was it called the West End Club, because it was on the west end of Olangapole...Anyway it was famous for the Filipino Fire dance....What was the Fire Dance?
It is where a young lady or woman strips naked and then gets on top of the bar...They then paste long strips of toilet paper and others assorted flammable paper items to various parts of her body, especially to her breasts and Pubic area.
Then as she dances around they light all of the paper on fire and she dances until the fire burns off most of the paper or till she throws it off, the object being is that everyone in the bar is betting drinks on how close she will allow the fire to burn to her skin, or neither regions.
Another favorite sport was having the ladies dancing nude on the stage stick Brown San Miguel Beer up there, well lets just say use your imagination, and shake it around rather vigorously, and when they were done offer it back to the onlookers, slightly warmed up and a bit frothy.
No comments as to the taste or objectiveness's of this whole exercise, than to say, You had to have been there...
Yes sir, The West End Club, just south of the Jungle, and no not that type of jungle...That's another story...;) |
posted Thursday November 3rd, @01:44PM
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